Smart Sensor Implementations of Region of Interest Operating Modes

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing, based on the mode of operation and the frame rate, of the image data, comprises generating, during one or more next duty cycles, the plurality of ROI images of the at least one object of interest instead of obtaining an additional full-resolution image.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing, based on the mode of operation and the frame rate, of the image data, comprises generating, during one or more next duty cycles, the plurality of ROIs and an additional full-resolution image comprising one or more objects of interest.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing, based on the mode of operation and the frame rate, of the image data, comprises generating, during one or more next duty cycles, a plurality of additional full-resolution images comprising one or more objects of interest.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising a vehicle, and wherein the mode of operation is based on a position of the image sensor on the vehicle.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein a number of the plurality of ROI images of the at least one object of interest is based on the frame rate.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the image sensor is configured with a predetermined mode of operation.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing of the image data comprises performing one or more image processing tasks on the plurality of ROI images of the at least one object of interest.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein a first subset of the control circuitry forms part of the image sensor, wherein a second subset of the control circuitry forms part of the second image sensor, wherein the first subset of the control circuitry is configured to: (i) obtain the full-resolution image, (ii) determine information associated with the at least one object of interest, (iii) select the second image sensor from a plurality of image sensors based on a pose of the second image sensor with respect to the environment and the expected position of the at least one object of interest within the environment at the second time, (iv) determine the particular ROI further based on selection of the second image sensor, and (v) transmit an indication of the particular ROI to the second subset of the control circuitry by way of a peer-to-peer connection between the image sensor and the second image sensor, and wherein the second subset of the control circuitry is configured to receive the indication of the particular ROI from the first subset of the control circuitry and obtain the plurality of ROI sensor data in response to reception of the indication.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein a first subset of the control circuitry forms part of the image sensor, wherein a second subset of the control circuitry forms part of the second image sensor, wherein the first subset of the control circuitry is configured to: (i) obtain the full-resolution image, (ii) determine information associated with the at least one object of interest, and (iii) broadcast the expected position of the at least one object of interest to a plurality of image sensors that includes the second image sensor by way of a plurality of peer-to-peer connections between the image sensor and the plurality of image sensors, wherein the second subset of the control circuitry is configured to determine, in response to reception of the broadcast and based on a pose of the second image sensor with respect to the environment and the expected position of the at least one object of interest within the environment, the particular ROI of the second image sensor expected to view the at least one object of interest at the second time and obtain the plurality of ROI sensor data in response to determining the particular ROI.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the detecting of the at least one object of interest comprises determining one or more of: (i) geometric properties of the at least one object of interest, (ii) an actual position of the at least one object of interest within the environment, (iii) a speed of the at least one object of interest, (iv) an optical flow associated with the at least one object of interest, (v) a classification of the at least one object of interest, or (vi) one or more confidence values associated with results of the processing of the image data.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the full-resolution image is obtained at a first frame rate, and wherein the plurality of ROI images of the detected object are obtained at a second frame rate higher than the first frame rate.